diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index ecf2d0f39..11d61ce27 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-04-21  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/Filters/Rules/Person/_IsBookmarked.py:
+	  0000970: _IsBookmarked.py causes crash
+
 2007-04-20  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py: fix calendar parsing
 	* src/GrampsDb/_WriteGedcom.py: fix calendar generation
diff --git a/gramps2/src/Filters/Rules/Person/_IsBookmarked.py b/gramps2/src/Filters/Rules/Person/_IsBookmarked.py
index 8a9ec86b7..e21b9ff81 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/Filters/Rules/Person/_IsBookmarked.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/Filters/Rules/Person/_IsBookmarked.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2002-2006  Donald N. Allingham
+# Copyright (C) 2007       Brian Matherly
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -52,12 +53,7 @@ class IsBookmarked(Rule):
     description = _("Matches the people on the bookmark list")
 
     def prepare(self,db):
-        bookmarks = db.get_bookmarks()
-        if len(bookmarks) == 0:
-            self.apply = lambda db,p : False
-        else:
-            self.bookmarks = set(bookmarks)
-            self.apply = self.apply_real
+        self.bookmarks = db.get_bookmarks().get()
 
-    def apply_real(self,db,person):
+    def apply(self,db,person):
         return person.handle in self.bookmarks